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  • M MehdiMak96

    Re: How to get a Json value from an api and display it in a GUI

    Hello,

    I'm trying to right a code that can do the following things:

    1.Take what ever i have chosen in my Combobox as (Variable).
    2. But the (Variable) in my Json code that can read a value from an api.
    3. show me the value in a text browser

    Here is my code:

    void Corona_Aktuell::on_comboBox_currentIndexChanged(const QString &arg1)
    {
        QString name=ui->comboBox->currentText();
        {
          QStringList ArgsList = QApplication::arguments();
         // if in mainwindow. make sure m_manager lives in .h as member. else it wont work. ( death by scope)
          QNetworkAccessManager m_manager;
        // make request
         QNetworkRequest request = QNetworkRequest(QUrl("https://api.corona-zahlen.org/districts"));
          QNetworkReply* reply = m_manager.get(request);
          // connect to signal  when its done using lambda)
          QObject::connect(reply, &QNetworkReply::finished, [reply, this]() {
            // read data
            QString ReplyText = reply->readAll();
            // qDebug() << ReplyText;
            // ask doc to parse it
            QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(ReplyText.toUtf8());
            // we know first element in file is object, to try to ask for such
            QJsonObject obj = doc.object();
            // ask object for value
            QJsonValue value = obj.value(QString("+name+"));
            qDebug() << " value is" << value.toString();;
            reply->deleteLater(); // make sure to clean up
    
           this->ui->textBrowser->setText(value);
    
    
          });
    
        }
    
    }
    

    I'm getting this error :
    use of undeclared identifier 'Value'

    But i already defined 'Value'

    Thank you

    JonBJ Offline
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    JonB
    wrote on last edited by JonB
    #7

    @MehdiMak96 said in How to get Json value from an api and display it in a GUI:

    use of undeclared identifier 'Value'

    • Please copy & paste the error message you receive.
    • The error message will contain a line number. Please find that exact line number in your code, and copy & paste that line too.

    Your code contains the following:

         // if in mainwindow. make sure m_manager lives in .h as member. else it wont work. ( death by scope)
          QNetworkAccessManager m_manager;
    

    Someone has written that comment to tell you that you need to move the declaration QNetworkAccessManager m_manager;, which is currently local to the function, out to a scope where it persists longer than that function, till the reply has finished. For example, perhaps it could be a member variable in your class Corona_Aktuell.

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    • mrjjM Offline
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      mrjj
      Lifetime Qt Champion
      wrote on last edited by mrjj
      #8

      Hi
      @MehdiMak96
      the value variable is in small letters
      QJsonValue value = obj.value(QString("+name+"));
      but error shows as captital first.
      use of undeclared identifier 'Value'
      Are they written the same ?

      Is the task, to read the data associated with the QString &arg1

      {
         "data":{
            "10041":{
               "ags":"10041",
               "name":"Regionalverband Saarbrücken",
               "county":"LK Stadtverband Saarbrücken",
               "state":"Saarland",
               "population":328714,
               "cases":15789,
               "deaths":466,
               "casesPerWeek":24,
               "deathsPerWeek":0,
               "stateAbbreviation":"SL",
               "recovered":15257,
               "weekIncidence":7.301179748961103,
      

      Should you not then read the data file once, instead of each time the user chooses something in the Combobox ?

      do you use the "10041" id to look it up or how should it work ?

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      • JonBJ JonB

        @MehdiMak96 said in How to get Json value from an api and display it in a GUI:

        use of undeclared identifier 'Value'

        • Please copy & paste the error message you receive.
        • The error message will contain a line number. Please find that exact line number in your code, and copy & paste that line too.

        Your code contains the following:

             // if in mainwindow. make sure m_manager lives in .h as member. else it wont work. ( death by scope)
              QNetworkAccessManager m_manager;
        

        Someone has written that comment to tell you that you need to move the declaration QNetworkAccessManager m_manager;, which is currently local to the function, out to a scope where it persists longer than that function, till the reply has finished. For example, perhaps it could be a member variable in your class Corona_Aktuell.

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        MehdiMak96
        wrote on last edited by MehdiMak96
        #9

        @Christian-Ehrlicher @JonB

        In this line I'm Getting the error

        his->ui->textBrowser->setText(value);
        

        the error:

        error: no viable conversion from 'QJsonValue' to 'const QString'

        @mrjj

        The whole idea is to let the user to choose whatever city in the combobox and show him the "weekIncidence" in that city in a text browser .
        I just figured another problem to right a code that can only read the "weekIncidence" :/

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        • M MehdiMak96

          @Christian-Ehrlicher @JonB

          In this line I'm Getting the error

          his->ui->textBrowser->setText(value);
          

          the error:

          error: no viable conversion from 'QJsonValue' to 'const QString'

          @mrjj

          The whole idea is to let the user to choose whatever city in the combobox and show him the "weekIncidence" in that city in a text browser .
          I just figured another problem to right a code that can only read the "weekIncidence" :/

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          JonB
          wrote on last edited by
          #10

          @MehdiMak96 said in How to get Json value from an api and display it in a GUI:

          error: no viable conversion from 'QJsonValue' to 'const QString'

          But you wrote earlier that there error message was:

          use of undeclared identifier 'Value'

          ? And got everybody to look for that....

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          • M MehdiMak96

            @Christian-Ehrlicher @JonB

            In this line I'm Getting the error

            his->ui->textBrowser->setText(value);
            

            the error:

            error: no viable conversion from 'QJsonValue' to 'const QString'

            @mrjj

            The whole idea is to let the user to choose whatever city in the combobox and show him the "weekIncidence" in that city in a text browser .
            I just figured another problem to right a code that can only read the "weekIncidence" :/

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            JonB
            wrote on last edited by JonB
            #11

            @MehdiMak96
            Anyway....

            QJsonValue value = obj.value(QString("+name+"));
            this->ui->textBrowser->setText(value);
            
            error: no viable conversion from 'QJsonValue' to 'const QString'
            

            setText(), requires a string. value is type QJsonValue. You already know that's not a string and how to convert it because you have

            qDebug() << " value is" << value.toString();;
            
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              MehdiMak96
              wrote on last edited by MehdiMak96
              #12

              @JonB
              yeah I'm sorry that is because my line was out side the bracket in my computer

              like this :

                    });
                this->ui->textBrowser->setText(value);
                  }
              
              }
              
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              • M MehdiMak96

                @JonB
                yeah I'm sorry that is because my line was out side the bracket in my computer

                like this :

                      });
                  this->ui->textBrowser->setText(value);
                    }
                
                }
                
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                JonB
                wrote on last edited by
                #13

                @MehdiMak96
                OK, but that's not in the code you showed. And you didn't say anything when you discovered it so we knew.

                Anyway for that new error your post crossed with mine, see my previous post above.

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                  MehdiMak96
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #14

                  Thanks the error is gone but it showed nothing on the text browser

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                  • M MehdiMak96

                    Thanks the error is gone but it showed nothing on the text browser

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                    JonB
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #15

                    @MehdiMak96
                    That's down to you. Only you know what is the JSON you are reading. You might put more debugging output in your code, or run it in debugger.

                    Also if you have not acted on what has been said about the scope of the QNetworkAccessManager m_manager; you may have problems. But you'll know that from your debugging.

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                    • JonBJ JonB

                      @MehdiMak96
                      That's down to you. Only you know what is the JSON you are reading. You might put more debugging output in your code, or run it in debugger.

                      Also if you have not acted on what has been said about the scope of the QNetworkAccessManager m_manager; you may have problems. But you'll know that from your debugging.

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                      MehdiMak96
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #16

                      @JonB but i have no clue what this means

                          // if in mainwindow. make sure m_manager lives in .h as member. else it wont work. ( death by scope)
                            QNetworkAccessManager m_manager;
                      

                      can you please explain it to me

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                      • M MehdiMak96

                        @JonB but i have no clue what this means

                            // if in mainwindow. make sure m_manager lives in .h as member. else it wont work. ( death by scope)
                              QNetworkAccessManager m_manager;
                        

                        can you please explain it to me

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                        mrjj
                        Lifetime Qt Champion
                        wrote on last edited by mrjj
                        #17

                        @MehdiMak96

                        Hi
                        I wrote that comment.
                        It means
                        QNetworkAccessManager m_manager; here is a local variable.
                        Those are deleted as soon a function ends.
                        QNetworkAccessManager is asynchronous which means the m_manager might be deleted before
                        the QNetworkReply::finished is fired.

                        So its better to move it to part of Corona_Aktuell class.
                        That is to put it in the .h inside the class. as a class member.

                        Also regarding your json parsing.
                        Do note that the data holding class (the cites) is inside an object called
                        Data. so the current code might be in the wrong json class and hence return nothing
                        for "name" as that one level deeper.

                        Is this school task ? Im asking to know how much we can help without breaking the rules.

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                        • M MehdiMak96

                          @JonB but i have no clue what this means

                              // if in mainwindow. make sure m_manager lives in .h as member. else it wont work. ( death by scope)
                                QNetworkAccessManager m_manager;
                          

                          can you please explain it to me

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                          JonB
                          wrote on last edited by JonB
                          #18

                          @MehdiMak96
                          QNetworkAccessManager m_manager has to "persist"/"be in existence"/"not go out of scope" until after the slot you attached to the reply's finished signal has completed.

                          In an earlier post I made a suggestion as to what you could do about it.

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